The Hangover – LOT Polish Style

“Welcome to the meeting everyone. Please settle down and find a seat, we’re just about to get started. Ok, good. Thank you.”

“If this is your first time attending a CAA meeting, thank you for coming. Please don’t hesitate to jump in and share your story with the group. As you probably know we have a traditional way of introducing ourselves and so without further ado I will kick off this meeting … My name is Mikel, and I’m a Connection Alcoholic. I have been sober now since, let’s see, I guess my last connection was last Wednesday in Houston…”

Haha … just kidding. I’m not a Connection Alcoholic, or any type of alcoholic for that matter. I can stop any time I want.

And YuropFlyer presumably isn’t a Connection Alcoholic either. Ok, he had a few drinks watching a game at the airport lounge between flights, vomited in the airplane lavatory while still at the gate, and was subsequently deemed “unfit to fly” and kicked off of his flight – but it sounds worse than it is. Really.

You see, in addition to a few drinks, YuropFlyer also had a few sausages. And as soon as his stomach emptied the offending contents he felt fine.

But that didn’t stop LOT Polish Airlines from booting him off the plane, with at least one agent telling him it was because he was drunk, and making him purchase another ticket to complete his trip.

You will need to read the thread for all of the details, but the gist of the issue is this: After being kicked off of his flight and arguing back-and-forth with various LOT personnel, YuropFlyer was able to secure a ticket on another LOT flight departing two hours later. Now back at home, he has contacted LOT for a refund for this ticket and they are telling him ‘no way Jozef’.

The question then becomes, if the airline truly believes a passenger is too drunk to fly, and then they put that same passenger on another flight just two hours later is that an admission that he might not have been drunk at all?